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Understanding Language Change
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How and why do language changes begin; how and why do they spread; and how can they ultimately be explained? This new textbook sets out to answer these questions in a clear and helpful way that will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr. McMahon analyzes changes from every area of grammar. In the second she looks at such topics as language contact, linguistic variation, pidgins and Creoles, and language death. Throughout, the discussion is illustrated by a wealth of examples from English and other languages.
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- ISBN-13: 9780521441193
- ISBN-10: 0521441196
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: March 1994
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.59 pounds
- Page Count: 376
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